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Ordnance Survey large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - National Library of Scotland
High-res scans of the old town plans. I live on Thorter Row, which was built about ten years ago; from looking at the maps of Dundee here, I learned that there used to be a Thorter Row in the city centre about a hundred years before that...
Handy location-based search engine for collections of historical photos, etc. (The question I was trying to answer was "what did Dundee City Square look like before it was flattened early in the last century", which is the sort of thing this appears to be good for.)
The History of Sanitary Sewers
Having just read Bill Bryson's "At Home", I was looking for more information on London's sewer system (yes, I have no life); this, it appears, is the place to look.
to engineering history plumbing sewer ... on 06 August 2012
Internet Archive Search: collection:getlamp-interviews
Jason Scott's raw interviews for GET LAMP -- lots of well-known IF and 80s gaming people here.
to ag0700 games history if retrocomputing ... on 28 July 2012
Can't remember how I got here, but the US reports on captured U-boats are quite interesting. (They thought the hulls were neat but the plumbing wasn't very good.)
to boats history retrotech submarines ww2 ... on 28 May 2012
The ternary calculating machine of Thomas Fowler
18th-century British computing.
to calculator fowler history retrocomputing ... on 27 May 2012
klabs.org: "We've taken a hit, but we're back."
Particularly interesting section on the engineering of the Apollo flight software.
to agc apollo etext history retrocomputing space ... on 27 May 2012
Collecting, Restoring and Using Vintage Radio
Good collection of WW2 radios -- from all over the world.
Some interesting stuff. Some rather far-fetched.
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tasty by Adam Sampson.